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Paris: Published by Imprimerie de La République (1795)
PARTS ONE AND TWO
Selling here is a late eighteenth century first edition of 'Journal polytechnique ou bulletin du travail fait à l'école centrale des travaux publics.'. In two parts. The parts are bound together and have separate pagination. With nine folding plates and charts total, throughout.
Contents of the first part:
"Stereotomie", by Monge; "Architecture", (communications by Citizens Lamblardie and Baltard), "fortification" by Dobenheim; "Drawing" by Neveu; "Analysis", by Gaspard de Prony; "General Physics", by Barruel; "Mercury Freezing Experiment" by Hasenfratz, Welter, Bonjour, and Hachette; "Chemistry" ; "Preliminary courses, vegetable substances, animal substances, mineral substances" by Fourcroy, Chaptal, Berthollet, Guyton, "Chemistry of salts, vegetable chemistry, mineral chemistry", by Vauquelin, Chaussier and Guyton; "Memory on some means of economy and improvement in hat factories", by Citizen Chaussier; "Memory on the geometric determination of hues in drawings".
Contents of the second part:
"Continuation of the lessons of analysis" of Prony, "experimental and analytical essay on the laws of the dilatability of elastic fluids and on those of the expansive force of the vapor of water and the vapor of alcohol, at different temperatures", by Prony.
"Fortification, preliminary course", [three parts, by General Darçon, citizen Martin, and citizen of Obenheim],"continuation of the preliminary course relating to drawing arts", "architecture", "first lesson in general physics", "analysis applied to geometry", "chemistry, description and use of a potash sulphide eudiometer", by citizen Guyton, "note on an elementary course in analysis given by Lagrange", by R. Prony.
viii, 189pp, [1], viii, 208pp - Last leaf ends before the table begins in the third part.
Bound in paper covered boards with calf edge. Binding heavily worn, with loss to edges and corners. Boards coming loose and spine with loss.Contents: first couple of leaves coming loose to part one. Ink signature to title. General toning, browning and some spotting. A few plates with marginal tears, but are whole. Title to second part torn to margin. Otherwise in good order. Plates in nice condition for the age. A decent example of a scarce book. Please see our images for further description.
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